Darkstation Spotlight: Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider has been rebooted yet again and is taking the gritty more realistic approach this time around. I was really on the fence with this game up until its release and I still wasn't sure what to expect when I first booted it up. Everything about the game had pointed to the fact that it seemed very similar to Uncharted (which is really always been Tomb Raider's best comparison) but with a female protagonist.
Well that wasn't a far off assumption but what we got is still a game that stands on its own and from what I've played so far it seems pretty fantastic. We will have a review up for the game soon but in the meantime I thought I would just sit down and play the game a little on video and let everyone see it for themselves because I truly believe that Tomb Raider is a game that you need to experience for yourself. Reading about it isn't enough.

I played around forty minutes of the beginning of the game and captured it to video to let you see a little of the story progression and the game's mechanics. There are still things introduced in the later game that isn't in the video but those are things you should play the game for. So for now, if you are curious about the game, I give you the opportunity to sit back and see it in action for yourself and let you decided if it's worth your time.

14 Days of EVE

By the end of my 14 day trial, I really didn’t see much action as I stayed within “highsec” areas so that my fragile, newbie frame wouldn’t be utterly destroyed by EVE’s experienced veterans. With normal MMOs, a number of days given in a trial is usually enough time to get a real handle on the game and it’s systems by playing through some quests and level up your character. Heck, you might get in a raid or two. EVE Online is incredibly different. It can take days for anything to happen. For example, you can level up any character stat (although the idea is to upgrade those that are most useful for you class and play style) but doing so can take as little as two hours to as long as three days. Thankfully, the clock ticks down when you’re away from the game but that’s still a really long time, especially if you need a stat boost in order to accomplish a particular task. In my case (yours may vary) I felt that the trial simply wasn’t enough time to get the most out of the game because you’re constantly playing towards a long term goal. The bottom line? As much as I respect EVE Online for what it is, I find that it’s far more fun reading about it than playing it.

Darkstation Spotlight: Walking Dead Survival Instinct

In A New York Minute: Part One

New York Minute forces you to play through the chapters of the game as quickly as you can for the best score and quickly is not exactly the easiest way to play Max Payne. A lot of people complained that this became a cover based game and while I agree with them and even knowing that I play through the story pretty slow and methodical at times I still wanted to try to brave New York Minute. Since I was going to do it anyway I thought why not record it and make it a video feature for everyone to enjoy?!